Background
He was born in Putney, London and educated at King"s College School, Wimbledon, after which he studied medicine at Kings College Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1936.
He was born in Putney, London and educated at King"s College School, Wimbledon, after which he studied medicine at Kings College Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1936.
He was born in Putney, London and educated at, Wimbledon, after which he studied medicine at Kings College Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1936.
He had house jobs at King"s College Hospital, the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London University, Hammersmith and a research post at Manchester Royal Infirmary. During World World War II (1943–1946) he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, ending up a lieutenant colonel. After the war he was a Senior Lecturer and then in 1956 Professor at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School.
He founded the Leukaemia Research Fund, Great Ormond Street, London (1960).
He discovered and named Christmas disease, more commonly referred to as haemophilia B, a deficiency of coagulation Factor IX. Sir Dacie is credited with characterizing the relationship between paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and bone marrow failure syndromes like aplastic anemia. He was elected President of the Royal College of Pathologists (1973–1975) and the Royal Society of Medicine (1977).
He had a lifelong interest in lepidoptera. He was knighted in 1976 and retired in 1977.
Royal Society.
Married Margaret K. V. Thynne in 1938.